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To bawl is defined as to cry or wail loudly.
(verb)An example of bawl is to sob loudly upon hearing bad news.
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See bawl in Webster's New World College Dictionary
intransitive verb, transitive verb
- to shout or call out noisily; bellow; yell
- to weep and wail loudly
Origin: ME baulen (found only in ger.) < ML baulare, to bark & ? ON baula, to low like a cow; both of echoic orig.
noun
- an outcry; bellow
- a noisy weeping
Related Forms:
- bawler noun
See bawl in American Heritage Dictionary 4
verb bawled, bawl·ing, bawls verb, intransitive
- To cry or sob loudly; wail.
- To cry out loudly and vehemently; shout.
To utter in a loud, vehement voice. See Synonyms at shout.
noun A loud, bellowing cry; a wail.
Phrasal Verb: bawl out Informal To reprimand loudly or harshly.Origin:
Origin: Middle English bawlen, to bark
Origin: , from Medieval Latin baulāre, to bark (probably of Scandinavian origin)
Origin: or from Old Norse baula, to low (of imitative origin)
.Related Forms:
- bawlˈer noun
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